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What in your country/area is totally normal but visitors get excited for? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I've only been abroad one time, and there were little gecko/lizard things everywhere, climbing up walls and scurrying across roads, and nobody cared. I was constantly fascinated but to the locals they're just kinda there.

Bonus question to anyone who visited the UK - was there anything that fascinated you but I'd be taking for granted?

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Grackles being half the size is a bit of an understate, a common grackle tops out at about 5 oz & 13" with a wingspan up to 18". A raven's common size, on the larger end, is 4½ lbs & 28" with a 60" wingspan.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Absolutely. Grackles are like my hard wired "default bird size", so when I saw what looked like a grackle the size of a dog, it short circuited the more logical, in charge of measuring things parts of my brain.

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